Nation: THE LESSONS OF DENVER

WHEN I come on the department, I had no intention whatsoever of being
crooked. I wouldn't have took a nickel if it was lying in front of me.
I wanted to be a good cop." Unhappily for Patrolman Gerald Sanford, it
was hard to be a good cop in Denver; as of last week he and 42 other
policemen or former cops had been implicated in more than 200
safecrackings over the past decade, with a total take of at least
$250,000. The rottenness spread beyond Denver. In suburban counties...